The Life and Speeches of the Hon. Henry Clay ...R. P. Bixby & Company, 1843 |
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... whole business before a competent and impartial judicial tribunal . The attorney , some months subsequent , imagined himself war- ranted in resuming the prosecution . The second day of December was appointed for the trial . On the day ...
... whole business before a competent and impartial judicial tribunal . The attorney , some months subsequent , imagined himself war- ranted in resuming the prosecution . The second day of December was appointed for the trial . On the day ...
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... whole community , which the part of the household employed in domestic manufacturing bears to the whole family . ' The view taken by Mr. Clay was so enlight- ened , sound and practical , as to commend the bill to their most favorable ...
... whole community , which the part of the household employed in domestic manufacturing bears to the whole family . ' The view taken by Mr. Clay was so enlight- ened , sound and practical , as to commend the bill to their most favorable ...
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... whole navy of the haughty mistress of the seas is made to thunder in our ears . Does the president refuse to continue a cor- respondence with a minister who violates the decorum belonging to his diplomatic character , by giving and ...
... whole navy of the haughty mistress of the seas is made to thunder in our ears . Does the president refuse to continue a cor- respondence with a minister who violates the decorum belonging to his diplomatic character , by giving and ...
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... whole west were laid under deep obligations to him , for those wise measures adopted in reference to them , whereby their interests and lives were shielded against the predatory attack of the aborigines . He warmly espoused the cause of ...
... whole west were laid under deep obligations to him , for those wise measures adopted in reference to them , whereby their interests and lives were shielded against the predatory attack of the aborigines . He warmly espoused the cause of ...
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... whole property within the jurisdiction of a state might be absorbed by those political bodies . The existing bank contends that it is beyond the power of a state to tax it , and if this preten- sion be well founded , it is in the power ...
... whole property within the jurisdiction of a state might be absorbed by those political bodies . The existing bank contends that it is beyond the power of a state to tax it , and if this preten- sion be well founded , it is in the power ...
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Страница 274 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Страница 274 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Страница 577 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Страница 118 - House, respectively, whether it be expedient or not to make provision for the admission of Missouri into the Union on the same footing as the original states, and for the due execution of the laws of the United States within Missouri; and if not, whether any other, and what, provision adapted to her actual condition ought to be made by law.
Страница 404 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Страница 234 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Страница 73 - An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient war. My plan would be to call out the ample resources of the country, give them a judicious direction. prosecute the war with the utmost vigor, strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are told that England is a proud and lofty nation, which disdaining to wait for danger, meets it half way. Haughty as she is, we once triumphed over her. and, if we do not listen to...
Страница 174 - President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done, the President has assumed the exercise of a power over the treasury of the United States not granted to him by the constitution and laws, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Страница 306 - Congress power to provide for calling out the militia to execute the laws of the Union, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions ; and in no other cases.
Страница 432 - Our institutions now make us free ; but how long shall we continue so if we mould our opinions on those of Europe ? Let us break these commercial and political fetters ; let us no longer watch the nod of any European politician; let us become real and true Americans, and place ourselves at the head of the American system.